The Black Belles is the debut studio album by American rock band the Black Belles, released on Third Man Records in 2011. The album spawned two singles, "Honky Tonk Horror" and "Wishing Well" (2012).
| The Black Belles | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 8 October 2011 |
| Recorded | 2010 |
| Studio | Third Man Studio |
| Genre | Garage rock |
| Label | Third Man |
| Producer | Jack White |
| Singles from The Black Belles | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 59/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Consequence of Sound | B[2] |
| PopMatters | 4/10[3] |
History
editThe Black Belles was recorded and produced by Jack White over the course of a few months. Bassist Ruby Rogers said about the recording "We did it really fast, and then we recorded it really fast too".[4]
Editions
editThe Black Belles first edition is a 12-inch absinthe coloured vinyl album,[5] the pressing limited to 300 copies in this color.[6] There is also an unlimited black vinyl version as well as a CD version.[7]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Leave You With A Letter" | Olivia Jean | 2:21 |
| 2. | "In A Cage" |
| 2:14 |
| 3. | "Wishing Well" | Jean | 2:58 |
| 4. | "Honky Tonk Horror" |
| 3:38 |
| 5. | "The Wrong Door" | Jean | 2:57 |
| 6. | "Breathing Down My Neck" | Jean | 2:52 |
| 7. | "The Tease" |
| 2:21 |
| 8. | "Howl At The Moon" | Jean | 2:12 |
| 9. | "Pushing Up Daisies" | Jean | 2:44 |
| 10. | "Not Tonight" | Jean | 2:18 |
| 11. | "Hey Velda" | Jean | 2:33 |
Personnel
edit- Olivia Jean – songwriter, vocals, guitar, organ, design
- Ruby Rogers – songwriter (tracks: 2, 7), bass
- Shelley Lynne – songwriter (track 4), drums
- Christina "Lil' Boo" Norwood – synth
- Lindsay Jane Hames – songwriter (track 4)
- John Anthony Gillis – producer, mixing
- Vance Powell – recording, mixing
- Joshua V. Smith – assistant recording, assistant mixing
- David Swanson – photography
- Jo McCaughey – photography
- Toni O'Neal – photography
- Justin O'Neal – artwork, illustration, layout
- Matthew Jacobson – layout
References
edit- ^ "Critic Reviews for The Black Belles". Metacritic. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ Young, Alex (November 11, 2011). "Album Review: The Black Belles - The Black Belles". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ Taylor, Ryan (December 14, 2011). "The Black Belles: The Black Belles, PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ "The Black Belles Ring True". 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://thirdmanrecords.com/about/catalog/ (TMR122)
- ^ "Black Belles". 2017.
External links
edit- The Black Belles at Discogs (list of releases)